They were soo nice to me at that mVersace!! I was being soo rude too, yapping on my cell phone, insulting the fake-me-out J12s to the SAs face...they were still really nice and really helpful, I bought nothing (as it is still Versace!) But I did eyeball a few things I wouldnt mind having.

Where else? OH, the Bally in Tysons Galleria, soooooooooo nice, so nice, not pushy at all, and very very knowledgeable. The Gucci in Chevy Chase, really nice too. Vuitton in Chevy Chase was soooo pushy, desperation rears its ugly head (They still have the Monogram Fringe from last year!!).

Ugh, I detest shopping in Chevy Chase. Congrats for finding good customer service because it's hard for me to find!

ILoveCouture: I think it was nice of her to get the 39.5 and hold them for you. You shouldn't be mad at her when she was obviously thinking of you. I would have been thrilled!

I think she did it b/c she felt bad that I needed those shoes for an event the next day. I'm not mad at her, just annoyed b/c I had to figure out a last minute alternative. Ah well! I am waiting to find the shoes I really want, Louboutin's Decolettes in Camel Patent. They will come to me one day...

I can't speak for all American Apparel stores, but I did go into one in Chicago. Unbelievably pretentious salespeople .. looked annoyed when I came up to buy something. I think I interrupted their hipster bookclub ..

I've heard many other stories about American Apparel cashiers, also. Just saying.

I never receive help while browsing Nordstrom's shoe department. I don't know if it's the way I look, but the employees have yet to come and ask me if I need help. If I see a shoe I'm interested in, I have to ask for assistance.

Hopefully I don't sound snooty, as I have no problem with doing things myself; it's the mere fact that the employees are being paid to walk over and ask if I need anything. It's rather irritating when they don't do their job.

I second Balenciaga NY...the customer service there is as warm and friendly as the decor inside the boutique. They are cold and totally humorless. They will help you out with an attitude of indifference, and once the transaction is complete, they go crawl back inside the secret door and leave you totally alone.

Oliver Peoples in SoHo NYC is also poor in the customer service department (do NOT buy eyeglasses there), and Bloomingdales.com is terrible as well.

At the mall that I work at, we have both a MAC counter in Nordie's and then outside Nordie's is a bigger MAC area and at both of them I have received good customer service. The Macy's counters tend to be good to me however when I was at Nordie's, I don't know if it was because of the Anniversary sale or what not but it took more time for someone to notice me than for me to choose what I want.

I've never had poor customer service. You spend the money and enough time in the store and soon the manager will know you on a first name basis and come out just to say "Hi." Even after a mere year in NY I already have a loyal relationships with my sales associates and even then the other ones in the store know not to approach me unless it is to tell me that my associate is off/out at lunch and when they'll be back. At Barneys the associates on the 3rd floor will even hold stuff for me knowing that I'll come back and buy it from my regular guy.